Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To move out or away from a surrounding fluid, covering, or shelter.
- intransitive verb To come into view: synonym: appear.
- intransitive verb To become conscious.
- intransitive verb To become known or prominent after being in obscurity.
- intransitive verb To come into existence.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To rise from or out of anything that surrounds, covers, or conceals; come forth; appear, as from concealment; come into view, as into a higher position or state: as, to
emerge from the water or from the ocean; the sun emerges from behind a cloud, or from an eclipse; to emerge from poverty, obscurity, or misfortune. - To issue; proceed.
- To come into existence; pass from being in cause to being in act.
- To immerge; sink.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To come into view.
- verb intransitive, copulative To come out of a situation, object or a liquid.
- verb intransitive To become known.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb happen or occur as a result of something
- verb become known or apparent
- verb come out into view, as from concealment
- verb come out of
- verb come up to the surface of or rise
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Krinak saw the elder lemkin emerge from the dust, brandishing his stick at the giant as he said, You!
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Will McCain emerge from the debate with a clear and crisp position regarding what the Government's best action should be on the fiscal crisis.
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Sega know that fans want to see a new title emerge, but are apparently mindful of the fact that previous games didn't sell well - that said they seem keen to get a new game made, regardless.
Jolt 2010
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Thus, in the Western philosophical tradition, occasionalists in the proper sense of the term emerge in earnest in the wake of René Descartes (1596 “ 1650) in the form of “Cartesian occasionalists”.
Occasionalism Lee, Sukjae 2008
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WASHINGTON (CNNMoney. com) – As President Obama turns up the heat on health care reform, one new and surprising detail to emerge is his pledge to tackle medical malpractice.
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No way now, and no way under any reform bill that is likely to emerge from the Congress.
CNN Truth Squad: Is health care rationing in the cards? 2009
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Two days of high-level talks between the United States and China concluded with broad agreement on separate strategies to help their economies and the world emerge from the global recession.
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I loved seeing Adam emerge from the crowd of whiteb read but I fear AI will lean towards a flock of emo rockers and screaming teens and that will be sooo not good.
'The X Factor' in the U.S.?: Five reasons that makes me fear for 'American Idol' | EW.com 2009
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Many Republicans in South Carolina - believing that Jenny Sanford holds the cards to the governor's fate - are waiting to see what facts emerge from the family meeting in Florida before making any public comment.
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Theosophy emphasized the principle that all religions emerge from a universal source.
Boing Boing 2009
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